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1. Introduction
2. Clinical pain syndromes
3. Neuronal plasticity
4. Nociceptive pain
5. The pain pathway (1)
6. The nociceptor - "pain fiber"
7. Features of nociceptor
8. Kinds of neuronal plasticity
9. Inflammatory pain
10. The pain pathway (2)
11. Nociceptor sensitizors
12. Inflammation
13. Neuropathic pain
14. Dysfunctional pain
15. Treatment of clinical pain
16. Central sensitization (1)
17. Central sensitization in the spinal cord
18. Pain signaling relay in to the brain
19. Tactile allodynia
20. Central sensitization (2)
21. The pain pathway (3)
22. Activity-dependent central sensitization (1)
23. Activity-dependent central sensitization (2)
24. Activity-dependent central sensitization (3)
25. Transcription-dependent central sensitization (1)
26. Transcription-dependent central sensitization (2)
27. Transcription-dependent central sensitization (3)
28. Synaptic disinhibition
29. Structural synaptic plasticity
30. Stimulus and response
31. Neuroimmune interactions

Topics Covered

• Clinical pain syndromes
• What is responsible for the conversion of high threshold nociceptive pain to low threshold clinical pain?
• Nociceptive pain
• Neuronal plasticity
• Inflammatory pain
• Nociceptor sensitizors
• Inflammation
• Neuropathic pain
• Dysfunctional pain
• Treatment of clinical pain
• Central sensitization
• Secondary hyperalgesia/tactile allodynia
• Activity-dependent central sensitization
• Transcription-dependent central sensitization
• Synaptic disinhibition
• Structural synaptic plasticity
• Neuroimmune interactions

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Series:

• Pain and the Control of Pain

Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Clinical Medicine
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on January 26, 2009

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Clifford Woolf has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.